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Flobbed vs Flobber - What's the difference?

flobbed | flobber |

As verbs the difference between flobbed and flobber

is that flobbed is (flob) while flobber is to sag and collapse like a deflating balloon.

flobbed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (flob)

    • flob

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (UK, slang) spittle, especially a piece of spittle that has been spat out

    • Verb

  • (UK, slang) To spit or to gob.
  • *2010 , Charlie Brooker, The Guardian , 27 Sep 2010:
  • *:I pointed out that they both looked equally unhappy, and that he was essentially kicking himself. He contemplated this for a moment, then flobbed at me and kicked the weakling slightly harder.

    • References

    *OED 2006

    flobber

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sag and collapse like a deflating balloon.
  • *{{quote-web
    • , date = 2013-05-31 , author = Charlotte Higgins , title = Venice Biennale diary: dancing strippers and inflatable targets , newspaper = The Guardian , url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/charlottehigginsblog/2013/may/31/venice-biennale-diary-charlotte-higgins-deller }}
  • *:Since it's inflatable, various artworld wags have been plotting how to shoot a dart into its side and watch it flobber down like a great big burst balloon.